Traffic Stop

• Saskatoon police to start mandatory alcohol screenings in new year on traffic stops

  Other police forces in Canada have implemented mandatory alcohol screening since the Criminal Code was amended in 2018 to allow for breathalyzers without cause in traffic stops.

  Traffic

  Dec 29, 2025
  
• Prosecutors clear Florida officer in violent arrest of Black man at traffic stop

  The footage from a Feb. 19 arrest sparked outrage online, resulting in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office launching an internal probe into the incident.

  U.S. News

  Aug 15, 2025
  
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• Florida police officer seen punching, dragging man during traffic stop in video

  The footage is from a Feb. 19 arrest, but it began making the rounds on social media after the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said it had launched an internal investigation.

  U.S. News

  Jul 22, 2025
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• B.C. traffic stop nets 73 kg of cocaine, Surrey man arrested

  The BC Highway Patrol said the stop happened on Oct. 8 during a joint roadblock with local RCMP on Highway 1 between Sicamous and Revelstoke.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2024
• Manitoba RCMP traffic stop leads to arrest, seizure of drugs, weapons

  As the officers were attempting to secure the suspects, the rear passenger, fled the scene on foot heading towards the community of Newdale. 

  Crime

  Feb 19, 2024
• 4 charged after injured woman discovered during traffic stop in Saskatoon

  During a traffic stop in the area Wiggins Avenue South and 9th Street East, officers observed an injured woman in the backseat of the vehicle. Charges on four people were laid.

  Crime

  Feb 9, 2024
• Police officer dragged by vehicle during traffic stop in Cambridge

  Waterloo Regional Police stopped a vehicle that failed to stop at an intersection.

  Crime

  Jan 18, 2024
• Multiple arrests made following traffic stop, investigation by Thompson RCMP

  An investigation is ongoing after Thompson RCMP conducted a traffic stop and executed two search warrants, seizing several items, including firearms.

  Crime

  Jan 16, 2024
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• Semi driver charged after Lumsden RCMP say they seized 3.56M illegal cigarettes

  A 25-year-old semi driver is charged after Lumsden RCMP seized 356 cases of unstamped tobacco which total to 3.56 million cigarettes.

  Crime

  Jan 9, 2024
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• Traffic stop on Manitoba highway leads to arrest, weapon seizure

  The suspect, police said, was one a weapons prohibition and was driving a vehicle reported stolen out of Winnipeg. He faces several charges.

  Crime

  Jan 8, 2024